Hydrological and vegetation analysis of an alluvial floodplain in Belgium

Belgian Journal of Botany

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-38

  Peters, Jan ^a   Samson, Roeland ^b   Boeckx, Pascal ^a   Balasooriya, Wajira K ^a   Verhoest, Niko E C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Grassland vegetation; Groundwater; LAI; Leaf area; Phreatophyte; Plant soil interactions; Sedge; Temporary wetland

Indexed keywords

ARRHENATHERETUM;

EID: 70349789876     PISSN: 07784031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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